Technology & Tools

• Learn about our Mapping Systems
• Our boat R/V Snavely and the mapping systems used on the boat
• Marine Geology Equipment used to collect data
• Methods used in marine geology research
• Other Research Vessels used by PCMSC
• Meet our Marine Facility staff

Coastal & Seafloor Mapping

We conduct integrated mapping of the coastal and marine environment to define offshore hazards and sediment processes, support habitat and resource management, and monitor change.

• Learn about our Mapping Systems
• California Seafloor Mapping Program
• Learn about our boat R/V Snavely and the mapping systems used on the boat
  • View or download a informational sheet (PDF) on R/V Snavely
  • View or download a general information poster on R/V Snavely
• Mapping Technology
  • Learn about our Mapping Systems
  • Marine Geology Equipment used to collect data
  • Methods used in marine geology research
  • Research Vessels used by PCMSC
  • Meet our Marine Facility staff
• Catalogs and Databases
  • Coastal and Marine Geoscience Data System — CMGDS
    Data services for the published data of the Coastal and Marine Geology Program
  • Coastal and Marine Geology Metadata Catalog, InfoBank
  • National Archive of Marine Seismic Surveys (NAMSS)
  • GLORIA: On-line Maps of the Deep-water EEZ
  • Seafloor Mapping and Characterization
  • Coastal and Marine Geology Program Internet Map Server
  • usSEABED: data on sediment and rock distributions in the waters off the United States
  • Antarctic Seismic Data Library System (SDLS)
  • San Francisco Bay Area Regional Database (BARD)
    BARD's goal is to provide USGS mapping data that is not readily available on other USGS data sites. These include historical maps for the Bay area, individual elevation (DEM) quadrangles (1:24,000 scale), and county compressed orthoimagery. Links to other USGS data such as bathymetry are also provided.
  • Coastal and Marine Geology Digital Library, "Marine Realms Information Bank" or MRIB
  • Coastal Change Hazards Digital Library
• Field Work
  • Current field activities: Where are we right now?
  • Our Field Schedule
  • Past field activities: listed by ID or search all field activities
• General information posters:
  • Mapping Crater Lake, Oregon
  • Mapping Shipping Hazards in San Francisco Bay
  • Tsunami Hazards in the Santa Barbara Channel
  • Big Sur Coastal Landslides
  • Research Vessel Parke D. Snavely
• National Seafloor Mapping and Benthic Habitat Studies: Pacific
  • Seafloor Mapping and Characterization
  • usSEABED: data on sediment and rock distributions in the waters off the United States
  • USGS Pleasure Point Study
• Santa Barbara Channel
• Coastal Processes Studies
  • San Francisco Bay Coastal System
  • San Francisco Bight
  • Santa Barbara/Ventura
  • Southern California Coastal Hazards: A multi-hazards demonstration project
• Global Geoengineering Research: Coastal and Marine Geology geoengineering group investigates the causes of ground deformation and ground failure as a result of earthquakes, storms, and wave action.
• Past work:
  • Monterey Bay Seafloor Imagery with Zoom and Pan Capabilities
  • Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Project, our work through 1999
  • Seafloor Morphology between Año Nuevo & Santa Cruz, CA, 1997